Category: On Writing
Why I Write Mysteries: A Dance of Shadows and Laughter
By Wendy Gee Writing mysteries is not just a subjective genre choice for writers like me; it’s a calling (much like how cats are irresistibly drawn to knocking things off tables). The allure of the unknown, the thrill of piecing together clues, and the satisfaction of unveiling hidden truths simply captivate my imagination in ways […]
The Inspiration for Writing ‘The Sure Thing’
By Elana Auerbach Flushed and satisfied, I swung my legs off the bed, slowly stood up, and took a couple of steps. I stopped suddenly and turned toward Bill, still lounging in bed. “This is so miraculous, I think I’m going to have to write a book about it,” I said, awestruck. “Yep, I think […]
Toni Shiloh: On Writing
You know that excitement you get when you’ve just purchased a brand-new book? When you finally have a moment to yourself and you open the pages of a read from your favorite author? That perfectly sums up my childhood and feelings toward books. I grew up reading as much as I could and read series […]
Second-Chance Stories
by Lindsey Goldstein I became a reader at the age of four. Books accompanied me everywhere—to the dinner table, into the bath, to my bed with a flashlight under the covers, and in the car when I accompanied my mother on her many errands. But I never considered myself a writer. In college, I willed […]
Authors Interviewing Characters: Emma Tourtelot
No One You Know by Emma Tourtelot (She Writes Press, January 2026) is a dual-narrative mother-daughter story about a family unraveling in the wake of a huge tragedy in a small town. Kirkus Reviews calls it, “An emotionally honest and captivating story about grief, family, and the stories we tell in this digital age.” NO […]
Vintage Writers by Kim Gottlieb-Walker
by Kim Gottlieb-Walker After fifty-plus-years working as a counterculture, rock, and movie set photographer, I reinvented myself as a novelist and released Lenswoman in Love – a novel of the 1960s & ‘70s in 2025 at age 78 – a reimagining my early career as a romance. And to my surprise, I discovered that I am […]
Moonlight Elk: One Woman’s Hunt for Food and Freedom: Excerpt
Christie Green recently released her memoir Moonlight Elk: One Woman’s Hunt for Food and Freedom. Christie Green learned to hunt in order to complement the food she grew in her New Mexico garden. As an act of practical agency this fulfilled her needs, yet a restlessness stirred within. A woman longing for a life defined […]
Writing Indestructible: Finding Strength in the Story I Tried to Forget
By Rose Barroso Not all of us have a dream childhood that we love to share with others or even talk about. Not all of us grew up behind a white picket fence, with bedtime stories and warm hugs waiting at the end of every day. Some of us grew up learning to survive before […]
Writing Swiftynomics
By Misty L. Heggeness It was the third or fourth call I had that week from reporters wanting to talk about the apparent mass exodus of mothers from the labor market. I was exhausted. I’d been sitting in my home office with my hair twisted up, no makeup, worn out sweatpants, and a keenly savvy […]
LONDON SOJOURN: Rewriting Life After Retirement by Rebecca Knuth, excerpt
LONDON SOJOURN: Rewriting Life After Retirement by Rebecca Knuth For fans of Eat, Pray, Love and Without Reservations, a captivating memoir of one woman’s bold leap into reinvention—trading academia for adventure, storytelling, and self-discovery in the heart of London. What happens when a burnt-out professor trades academia for a fresh start in the city of her dreams—only to […]
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